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propylene

/pɹoʊpəlˈin/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
propy-lene
IPA
/pɹoʊpəlˈin/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by John Williams Reynolds in 1851, from French propionique + -ylene

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

propylenes (plural)

Derived Forms

dipropylene melarsoprol polypropylene propylenic

Phrases

monopropylene glycol propylene glycol propylene oxide

Synonyms

propene

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce propylene?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹoʊpəlˈin/.
What does propylene mean?
The organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆.
Where does propylene come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce propylene

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